MW: Treasurys, dollar stay up after new home sales
By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar extended gains and Treasury prices held onto the bulk of Thursday morning's rise after a report showed sales of new homes in the U.S. last month fell a little less than predicted. The dollar index DXY +0.79% , which measures the performance of the U.S. unit against a basket of six other major currencies, traded at 75.697, up from 75.610 before the data and versus 74.791 in late North American trading Wednesday. The euro EURUSD -1.33% fell to $1.4259 from $1.4174 before the data and down from $1.4360 Wednesday. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR -1.75% , which move inversely to prices, fell 6 basis points to 2.92%.
